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for them suitable nesting-places in the farm-buildings at Wilstrop, 
where 250 pairs breed annually. _ autumn these birds feed 
very largely on elder-berries, and at this season their droppings 
have quite a purple colour, oa. those of Grouse when 
feeding on blueberries. 
Pastor roseus (Linn.). Rose-coloured Starling. Ina MS. 
dated 1880, the late John Tennant wrote : ‘ My father saw one 
at Wetherby, which was shot there, some twenty-five years ago.’ 
Garrulus glandarius (Linn.). Jay. Resident, but far from 
common, accounted for by the fact that it is regarded as ‘ vermin’ 
by the keepers; its extermination in the district is but the 
question of a few years; it, however, still occurs in all the 
larger woods, and is not uncommon at Newton Kyme, where 
it breeds regularly. 
Pica rustica (Scop.). Magpie. Resident, and fairly common 
old birds and then fire through the nest, and so kill the young 
ones or destroy the eggs. It is very gregarious, and I have 
seen twenty-eight feeding together at an offal heap. It breeds 
regularly in most of the woods and planiations. 
Corvus monedula Linn. Jackdaw. Resident, very numerous, 
being one of the only two common members of the British 
Corvide not usually found on the keeper’s ‘ poles.’ It nests in 
most of the old church-towers in the district, but the chief 
breeding-place is in the holes in the Magnesian Limestone cliff 
on the south side of the Wharfe at Thorp Arch, named after 
the bird, ‘‘The Jackdaw Crag.’ They not infrequently nest in 
rabbit-holes in the bank of the river. Scores of Jackdaws 
sometimes associate with the Rooks when these birds are per- 
forming their aerial gyrations. 
Corvus corax Linn. Raven. Mr. Harrison has seen a few 
examples in the district during the past forty years. He trapped 
one in the spring of 1865, and kept it alive for five or six years. 
The last one seen in the neighbourhood was at Wilstrop in 
1870. The Jate John Tennant wrote: ‘ They formerly bred at 
Allerton Park? (MS. 1880). 
Corvus corone Linn. Carrion Crow. Resident ; not uncommon, 
it holds its own in spite of gun and trap, and breeds regularly 
in the more secluded woods throughout the district. - 
Corvus cornix Linn. Hooded Crow. A regular winter visitant 
in small numbers, usually more common during severe seasons. 
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